Attaching device for whip-sockets



(No Model.)

D. D. FRASER. ATTAGHING DEVICE FOR WHIP SOCKETS.

Patented May 14, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL D. FRASER, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

ATTACHING DEVICE FOR WHIP-SOCKETS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 403,260, dated May 14, 1889.

Application filed February 13, 1889. Serial No. 299,699. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern..-

Be it known that I, DANIEL D. FRASER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk, State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attaching Devices for VVhip-Sockets, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention has relation to a whip-socket attaching device, the main object being the provision of a combined encircling ring and spring-tongue and clamping-bracket, which can be manufactured at a minimum cost, and which will at the same time be neat and attractive.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear in the following description, and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal sect-ion of a whip-socket with an attaching device constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a perspective of the Fig. 4- is a perspective of the combined encircling ring and spring-arm; and Fig. 5 is a crosssection, on the line 0c 00 of Fig. 2, of a whipsocket provided with the device.

Like letters refer to like parts in all the figures of the drawings.

A represents an ordinary whip-socket of the usual construction. The interior of the whip-socket is grooved, as at A, for the reception of the usual rubber ring or washer, B, which serves to retain the whi p in a rigid and snug position. Near the bottom. of the socket the bore is diminished, so that particles of dirt and other refuse may find an exit.

Referring now more particularly to Fig. 4, 0 represents the encircling or binding ring, which terminates in the spring-arm O. The ring 0 is made of metal, preferably resilient,

and is perforated, as at 0 0 for the recep- I tion of a binding-screw, D, which acts to bind the ring to snugly fit around the socket. 0 represents a perforation for the reception of a clamping=screw, D, the function of which will be hereinafter described.

Referring to Fig. 3, E represents what I term a clamp-bracket, which aids in binding the ring firmly around the socket and in connecting the socket with a dash. The clamp bracket is offset, as at E, said offset being perforated, as at E for the reception of the clamping-screw D. It is also perforated, as at E*, for the reception of the bindingscrew D. The wall of the clamping device opposite to the wall provided with the offset is cut away to allow the ring to be drawn inwardly to bind upon the socket, leaving the cross-bar E the function of which is to serve as an abutment, against which the spring-arm O is adapted to rest. The lower edges of the clamping-bracket are cut away to conform to the shape of the socket.

To provide a socket with my attaching device, the ring 0, having the perforation O is inserted within the clampingbracket and the body portion of the ring passed around the socket until it reaches the cross-bar E against which it abuts, as before stated. The springarm is then brought over to a desired position, and the binding-screw D is passed through the perforations O O and O and the ring and bracket are thereby firmly secured on the socket. It now remains to insert the clamping-screw D, which will adapt the socket to fit the dash of any manner of vehicle.

To attach the socket to a dash, the clamping-screw D is removed, and a slight puncture is made through the leather or other material of the dash, sufficient to admit said screw, when the clamping screw is placed in position and tightened. A ring and bracket is provided at each end of the socket.

From the above description it will be seen that an attaching device is provided which consists of as few parts as possible, and which is strong, serviceable, and capable of being manufactured at a minimum cost.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- I 1. In a whip-socket attaching device, the combination of an encircling band or ring terminating in an arm and perforated, as de= scribed, with a binding bracket having at one end a solid wall and a projection, each perforated for the reception of a binding and In testimonywhereof Iaflixmysignatnrein 1o clamping screw, respectively, and at the other presence of two Witnesses. end a cross-bar, substantially as specified.

2. In a Whip-socket attaching device, the DANIEL D. FRASER. 5 clamp-bracket E, having the perforated projection E, the adjacent solid end perforated, Vitnesses: as at E", and the opposite open end provided CHARLES M. DAVIS, with a cross-bar, E in combination with an CHARLES R. NOLAN. encircling spring, substantially as specified. 

